Kentucky Regions
This region is known for its mountains and coal
What is the Eastern Coal Fields?
This man traveled on the Wilderness Road and is credited as the first Kentuckian
Who is Daniel Boone?
This war between Britain and France (1754–1763) included Native allies on both sides and helped open Kentucky to settlers.
What is the French and Indian War?
This tribe was the most widespread tribe in Kentucky. The besieged fort Boonesborough and captured Daniel Boone.
Who are the Shawnee?
This plateau region has underground caves, including Mammoth Cave, and is used for farming and livestock.
What is the Pennyroyal?
This person signed the Proclamation of 1763.
Who is King George III?
This conflict in 1774 between Virginians and Shawnee was one of the last major Native resistances before the Revolution. It also gave Virginia de facto control of Eastern Kentucky.
What was Lord Dunmore's War?
This tribe is only found in Archeological ruins. They are credited as the first humans to live in Kentucky.
Who were the Clovis?
This Region is home to majority of the state's population. It is known for its agricultural economy focused on horses and distilling.
What is the Bluegrass?
This governor’s war against the Shawnee in 1774 set the stage for Kentucky’s settlement.
Who is Lord Dunmore?
This myth is widespread due to the amount of arrowheads found in archeological sites.
What is the Hunting Ground myth?
This mound-building culture thrived in the Mississippi Valley before European contact.
Who were the Mississippi?
Known for its bituminous coal mines, this region played a key role in Kentucky’s industrial growth.
What is the Western Coal Fields?
This man was Kentucky's first governor and is the namesake of SCHS.
Who is Isaac Shelby?
This river valley was a crossroads of trade, war, and settlement. It was one of the primary reasons the British and French were so interested in the area.
What is the Ohio Valley?
This later culture was semi-nomadic, settling villages for 10-30 years before moving to more fertile land.
What was the Fort Ancient Culture?
This small, hilly region surrounds the Bluegrass and served as a transitional zone between flat and mountainous areas.
What are the Knobs?
This Shawnee Chief captured Daniel Boone and adopted him as his son before besieging Fort Boonesborough,
Who is Blackfish?
This thing banned people from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
This southeastern tribe ceded land to the U.S. in the Jackson Purchase of 1818.
Who are the Chickasaw?